Danganronpa: Bad Blood [L to EX]

[Blythe]

1st Idea: Bad Blood

Trigger warning! This game goes into a lot of dark elements, including murder, suicide, and cruelty. It's not sexual in nature, but if those topics are ones you can't explore without issue, this may not be the right RP for you. I tagged this extreme not for sexual elements, but for the surrounding game premise heavily revolving around psychological horror. =

While this thread won't have a lot of information, it's in part because I'm looking for someone who has played the 1st game of the 'Danganronpa' series. If you have, great! Read on!

I would like to sort of 'redo' the premise of the 1st game--a mastermind who brings the game together, same 'murder game,' but instead we make an entire roster of OCs! We don't have to write up a lot of detail on each OC immediately--a faceclaim (all images must be 18+), some likes/dislikes, maybe zodiac sign & blood type, and a little bit about their personalities would work! We need 16 OCs, so I think we could split creation of them evenly!

I do have some changes I need to make to accommodate my own O/Os:

* All characters must be 18 or older. Hope's Peak Academy can be a prestigious college rather than a high school, so it'll be known as 'Hope's Peak University' instead. Hope's Peak functions equally well as a university, in my opinion!
* The real identity of Monokuma, the sadistic bear, should also be an OC we make! We can still use the weird robot bear itself though! (I can make this OC if needed)
* I am open to a variety of pairings, should romance arise between OCs. I am LGBTQ+ friendly. But I don't expect this to get smut heavy; I expect it to mostly be about the game of despair that is central to the entire premise of the game! (Romance COULD be a motivating factor for one character to murder another, though...)
* All of the OCs should definitely have some sort of secret histories with each other...but they don't recall that at all at first. Monokuma has taken away their last year of memories. But there will be clues as to their history inside Hope's Peak!
* Character Death is a must in this tale; Danganronpa as a game doesn't function without it. We can each have a 'main' OC who won't die, but the rest of the OCs should absolutely be on the table to be killed at some point.

The canon rules of the Killing Game that I'd like to use

Rule #1: Students may reside only within the school. Leaving campus is an unacceptable use of time.
Rule #2: "Nighttime" is from 10 pm to 7 am. Some areas are off-limits at night, so please exercise caution.
Rule #3: Sleeping anywhere other than the dormitory will be seen as sleeping in class and punished accordingly.
Rule #4: With minimal restrictions, you are free to explore Hope's Peak University at your discretion.
Rule #5: Violence against headmaster Monokuma is strictly prohibited, as is destruction of surveillance cameras.
Rule #6: Anyone who kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.
Rule #7: Additional school regulations may be added if necessary.
Rule #7.5: Once a murder takes place, a class trial will begin shortly thereafter. Participation is mandatory for all surviving students.
Rule #8: If the guilty party is exposed during the class trial, they alone will be executed.
Rule #9: If the guilty party is not exposed, they alone will graduate, and all remaining students will be executed.
Rule #10: Lending your e-Handbook to another student is strictly prohibited.
Rule #11: The guilty party may only kill a maximum of two people during any single "Killing Game."
Rule #12: Attempting to break into locked rooms is strictly prohibited.

If you aren't familiar with this game/fandom, you might not be the right person to write this with me, sadly! There isn't much here for a plot because this series is very character-driven, which means the real plotting begins once all the OCs/participants of the game are made. One overarching theme I want to see emerge is the idea of resentment and grudges: how can a person move past the ill will and bad feelings in their hearts? Without forgiveness and genuine remorse, can despair ever really be conequered? As such, I'd like many OCs, as they get their memories back, to recall incidents with other OCs about things they are upset over or hold grudges over.

I hope all of that makes sense to fellow Danganronpa fans; I'm sure I am coming off as though I'm rambling. <_<

Please note this would be Extreme and deal with disturbing topics; if you aren't okay with the Extreme board, this is not the game for you.

My posting rate is incredibly erratic, but I am looking for someone eager to build a whole new version of this game world alongside me, so I will endeavor to be more responsive to PMs & worldbuilding! (But if slowness is a true dealbreaker for you, you may wish to avoid me, as I work full time and am busy, so sometimes I just can't plain be speedy) :)

PM me if interested! Look at my O/Os to learn a bit more about my general writing and interests.

[Blythe]

2nd Idea: ~Rehabilitation Island~

This is a substantive bump, as I would like to not only look for the above plot again, I am also adding something else!

I am potentially willing to write something within the game canon as well, preferably with characters from Goodbye Despair (which is game 2). I have a preference to RP a male canon from game two if we're going to use the game's canon even a little.

I'd love an AU where the rehabilitation of the Goodbye Despair characters actually works as intended without Junko's interference; they build friendships and work through the things that pull them into despair, ultimately emerging victorious as better and healthier people. Regardless, given the history of the characters involved, this would still be Extreme even if the overall tale might be lighthearted. As they recover memories (on purpose or on accident), it could delve into some dark subjects, though the goal of that would be to help characters work through that despair and pain, growing into the people they were always meant to be. I do think this 2nd idea has a lot more room for general smut and lighthearted flirty situations than the one in my first post, just to mention!

This would be much smaller in scope than the idea in my first post, as we'd focus on a specific pairing, writing side characters only as necessary.

(Please note tales with Nagito could get pretty dark anyways as he's...not the most stable dude, but I love playing him. So be aware!)

All characters would be aged up to 18+ though, and if we use any images for face claims, I'm going to ask that it be aged up fan art, as the canon art won't be suitable. (Again, Hope's Peak works well as 'Hope's Peak University' rather than a high school; that way characters being aged up makes sense)


Pairings I am open to (role I would play is in bold):

- Nekomaru Nidai x Akane Owari
- Nagito Komaeda x Hajime Hinata
- Hajime Hinata x Nagito Komaeda
- Hajime Hinata x Chiaki Nanami
- Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu x Peko Pekoyama
- Mikan Tsumiki x Ibuki Mioda
- Gundham Tanaka x Sofia Nevermind (...I am also somewhat willing to play Kazuichi Soda and make this a MMF pairing, as a note)

[Blythe]

Bump.